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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Bowling Green State University
Kent State
Falcons Complete Doubleheader Sweep of KSU, 10-6
May 13, 2002 | Baseball
May 13, 2002
Kent, Ohio - In game two of the doubleheader, the Brown and Orange scored six runs with two outs in the top of the seventh inning and added two more in the eighth inning to earn a come-from-behind, 10-6 victory.
The Falcons entered the seventh inning down to KSU, 6-2, then two of the first three BGSU batters were retired to begin the seventh frame. But, Corey Loomis hit a single to right field, moving David Barkholz (walk) to third base. First baseman Kelly Hunt then came to the plate and roped a line-drive home run over the right-field wall, plating three runs and moving the Falcons to within one run, 6-5. With his 16th homer of the season, Hunt drove home his 62nd, 63rd and 64th runs this year, setting a new Falcon single-season record for RBIs. He passed Lee Morrison's record of 63 set last season.
After Nick Elrod followed with a walk and Len Elias singled, Andy Hudak hit a two-run double down the right-field line. Then designated hitter Nate Henschen ended the scoring with an RBI-single to right field to give BGSU its six runs in the inning and a 8-6 lead.
A two-run double by Elrod in the eighth inning completed BGSU's scoring on the day.
Kent State grabbed its first lead of the series early in the game when Brady Glass scored an unearned run off of starter Tyler Saneholtz in the second inning for a 1-0 lead.
BGSU knotted the score at 1-1 in the fourth frame off of an RBI-single by Len Elias, scoring Hunt from second base. The game went back and forth from there until Bowling Green's big seventh inning.
Hunt and Hudak each finished with three hits each while Hunt scored a game-high three runs. Freshman Tom Oestrike (3-1) pitched three innings in relief to pick up his third win of the year. Oestrike allowed two runs on four hits while striking out two and walking two. Neil Schmitz pitched a scoreless ninth inning in a non-save situation.
